NHL season starts this week

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:09 pm

putting up good stats 1 year on a good team doesn't make you necessarily a good goalie

see:

Jim Carrey, Brian Boucher, Roman czechmanek, Roman Turek, etc

Better goalies than Raycroft in 2003/04:

Brodeur, Belfour, Nabokov, Theodore, Khabibulin, Kiprosoff, Turco, Luongo, Denis, maybe burke

Don't get me wrong, he's going to be good

but he's not going to be a guy who can carry a team like a true top flight goalie

Tuggan · Post by **Tuggan** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:11 pm

i have faith in a guy thats 25 as a rookie goalie and took his team as far as he did his rookie year, its bit too early in his career to say he can or cant. goalies are like defensemen and getter better with age in my opinion.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:39 pm

I won't disagree with older goalies being generally better than younger

But like i said, if he puts a couple years together of comparable stats then we can talk

think of it a bit like rookie pitchers

people have a hard time hitting them until they start to get heavily scouted

Post by **Arlos** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:43 pm

I really really like the Sharks' goalie situation. Nabokov IS a top-flight goalie, and his backup, Vesa Toskala could start on a lot of teams. Hell, Kiprusoff was Nabokov's backup here in SJ before he got traded.

Based on the one game I saw for the Sharks, they could REALLY use a top faceoff man. They were getting faceoffs at a 1-3 or 1-4 ratio. Other than that, they look pretty good, I think, even though they lost.

-Arlos

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:44 pm

it's going to be a good year I think

All the teams that can skate, yet still play some defense should do well

Susvain · Post by **Susvain** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:53 pm

Thanks for the Bruins info :boots:

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:47 pm

The Blues suck and are going to have a terrible season. Thats my prediction so far.

lareau · Post by **lareau** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:01 pm

Go Sens Go

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:40 am

The cup is never going to canada again.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:26 pm

so far, after two games, the sharks penalty kill suck major ass.

Metranon · Post by **Metranon** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:49 pm

shootouts are gayer than going afk and coming back to find out i'd been intentionally trained by ebay-fuffalo (manalope)

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:18 pm

Well, the NHL got what it want now. So many high scoring games so far. May be someone can go after Gretzky single season scoring record.

Metranon · Post by **Metranon** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:01 pm

shootouts= not hockey sorry

if my team won the stanley cup by shootout i would walk out of the building in shame

this aint right

Post by **Arlos** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:52 pm

Shootouts aren't used in the playoffs. They're solely to eliminate ties. No ties in the playoffs, so no shootouts.

-Arlos

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:20 pm

It could be me but i didnt even know ties really bothered people.What is wrong with a tie ?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:07 pm

A tie is a meaningless result

Metranon · Post by **Metranon** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:34 pm

so if they flipped a coin for the winner at the end, that would be better than a tie?

Sithos · Post by **Sithos** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:46 pm

Shootout is almost the same as a coin flip in alot of ways.

I would prefer the 4 on 4 OT they have now extended until one team scores a goal and wins.

Go Habs Go!!!!

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:50 am

Metranon wrote:so if they flipped a coin for the winner at the end, that would be better than a tie?

eh?

at least a shootout requires skill

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:15 am

What the fuck is hockey doing on the Outdoor Life Network?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:29 pm

Hockey isn't a religion in the US like it is in Canada, so the only network willing to pay to show it was OLN~

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:38 pm

Brett Hull retires after 20 years.

Tuggan · Post by **Tuggan** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:58 pm

has anyone heard as to why hull decided to retire? none of the articles i read about it say jack shit.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:37 pm

Hull said that he is retiring because he is not performing to his high level standards. Mostly because his skills diminished due to old age and he is sucking ass right now.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:45 am

Tuggan wrote:has anyone heard as to why hull decided to retire? none of the articles i read about it say jack shit.

Because he sucks.